The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-02-17

department. shall consist Of one adjutant gen.
erai with the rank Of hrfgadier general. foul
colonel. six assistant adjutants general with the
rank OF lieutenant colonel. and six assistant I'D.
jutants general with the rank Of major: for the
sale OF the United States bsrrack property a
the purchase of 4 new site and tho erection Of
buildings thereon; appropr1attng 500. 600 fol
me erection Of q branch soldiers home west Of
The next bill called up was the senate bill
amending article 1O3 Of the Rules and Arti-
cles of War. The house military committees
had recommended anumber OF amendments,
which gave rise to a good deal of criticism,
the principal point Of attack being the sec.
ton providing that the pay of officers upol
The retired list shall be rs per cent of the
full pay they were entitled to receive when
retired, land no more.
SUBSTITUTED BY BRAGG
In lieu of this section Mr.. Bragg, on behalf
of the committee. offered q proviso that
hereafter no increase OF pay shall be allowed
or paid to any officer, by reason Of service.
on the retired list Mr.. Bragg said:
The retired list was the pension list of the
regular army. and he was opposed to allowing
men serving on that list for five years an in
crease Of 10 per cent in their pay.
Mr.. Weaver Qowa) gave notice that It
would take a quorum to pass the bill as long
as 1t contained the brutal provision that de-
~serters should be branded with the
letter 3D." AS no quorum was pres
emit, MIR. Bragg withdrew the bill.
In it's adverse report upon the. senate
bill granting a pension to Mrs. Logan, the
committee on invalid pensions OF the house
says:
Should congress pass the bill, ana the prec-
edent set by 1t should be carried out, it would
increase the pension roll $345, 600 annually. In
. majority OF the cases., as in this case, no relief
from actual embarrassment or poverty would be
0n0r0a0r Th0naQnHo ~ vNCop md aro ll~..-
OF brave and worthy soldiers were denied the
pittance Of $12 per month, because Of their in
ability to connect the death Of their husbands
claim was advanced that the death of Gen.
Logan was attributable. to his military service.
1t was a well known fact that Mrs. Logan was
committee entertain the highest regard for her.
both on account Of the brave and gallant record
- G1eel, I,akan as q soldier, and his useful and
record as 4 civilian and statesman. they
believe that the passage OF 49, aH1a oil similar
bills would be in the direction Of building up in
this country an aristocracy contrary to the very
Of an equal government for all, for
which Gen. Logan SO gallantly fought In war,
and q" a'l' oontend sGK Il taneS OF os'eA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-In the senate a
message was presented from the president
a communication from the secretary of
state, transmitting a report from Capt.
6cheutz, in regard to his distributing testi-
of the preservation of the survivors
OF the Jeanette expedition. The president
commends Capt. Scheutz's work. Mr..
Dawes reported the Indian appropriation
bill. The bill passed authorizing the re-
moval Of the quarantine station from Ship
Island, Miss. 1t appropriates $40, OOO. MI.
Hawley gave notice that he would next Mon
day move to take up senate bills to encour-
age the manufacture Of steel for ordinance
purposes for the army, n q similar bill for
The navy.
HoUsE-The house refused to pass over the
presidents veto tho bill granting a pension to
Carter w. Tiller. A bill was introduced for the
manufacture by Americans Of first-olass modern
guns for the navy and sescoast defenses. The
bill prohibiting the appointment Of congress-
funeral committees was t~abled-119 to 16.
the pleuro-pneumonia bill was considered.
The speaker having laid before the house
the reply OF the secretary of the treasury to
the resolution Of the house asking for in
as to the redemption and issue of
United States notes of small denominations,
upon motion of Mr.. Weaver Qowa) it was
said:
II the communication was what ne thought It
was, he would at the proper time rise TO q ques-
tion OF the highest privilege In order to ascertain
Bervance Of the law.
MIR: Strait has secured q pension for
Stephen Jervais at Henderson, Mimi.
Among the civilian engineers reported to
the house by the chief of engineers as hav-
Ing been employed o. the public works last
$3.50 per month; J. q. Darling, Duluth,
$3.50 per month; p. Davenport, St Paul,
5000 per month.
The house to-day passed the bill author
tzing the construction of q passenger bridge
across the Mississippi river at Dubuque,
Iowa =,
SENATE.
Senator Evarts of New York, intrA
duced q bill in the senate for the purchase
Of the John Ericsson Destroyer, and ten en-
larged steel vessels of the same type for de-
Tending the harbors of the United States "
It ~appropriates SIP, 900 and so, OOO, 600
for the purposes, respectively. A resolution
offered last session by Mr.. Ingalls,. to dis
charge the committee on pensions from the
further consid sration of the bill removing
disabilities for arrears Of pensions from hon
orably discharged soldiers, was taken up,
and Nj: Ingalls, stated that his object was to
have the bill brought before the senate for
action. 49," - 81
\ That il another Hone OF the great meas
ures which would take from tho treasury
an indefinite and at present an incalcul-
able sun. "-', .:'~
MI. Ingalls, gave notice that early next
wesk he would move that the senate con-
sider tho bill The bill was placed On the
calendar Tho bill TO- prohibit members Of
from acting as attorneys for sub
sidi1ed railroad companies came up, and
Nj. Evarts spoke in opposition to it.. -
The proposed legislation was unGalled for.
The rights of citizens wsro not to bo Invaded
because honest employment might lead to
criminalitY. =
Tho credentials Of Mr.. Sawyer Of Wiscon-
sin for the full term commencing March 4,
next, were presented and placed on file.
There was quite IN extended political de-
bate In the senate to-day on the resolution
OF Nr. Plumb calling for information - to
certail rules In tho pension Office Some OF
the Democratic senator's declared thenselves
II favor Of putfiag. pemocfats Y the once